Summary of important facts :Location of family : Several ; family moved often during our grandfather's U.S. Navy career.In the 1930's, the family made San Diego, CA their permanant home .

Sources used: Family records ( Family Bible )Certificate of birth, City of Philadelphia John Carroll , 24/3/1887 . Certificate filed 31/3/1887.Marriage license, County of Philadelphia, for John B. Carroll & Mary A. Hansen, 28/10/1919 .U.S. Census returns ( from ancestry.com ) .1910, Boston,MA; Seamen of the U.S.S. Missouri .1930, Norfolk, VA; Precinct Number 25, block 1329 .Certificate of death, County of San Diego; John Carroll, Number 8009 4711Certificate of death, County of San Diego; Mary Agnes Carroll, Number 8009 11041

John Bernard Carroll Sr. was born on 24 March, 1887, in Philadelphia,PA .He was christened at Saint Thomas Aquinas church in Philadelphia .He was the eldest son of John Carroll and Jennie McEntee .

See the individual page on John and Jennie Carroll, for more information on them.

The 28 October, 1919, in Philadelphia, he married Mary Agnes Hansen .They had two children, a son, John Joseph( a.k.a, John Bernard Jr. ), born in 1920,and a daughter, Virginia Rose, born in 1922 .

Mary Agnes Hansen was born on 20 January, 1891, in Philadelphia, PA .She was christened at the Asumption chuch, Philadelphia .She was the eldest child of Christian Hansen , a railroader, and Catherine ( or Kate ) Morris. Christian was U.S. born, and Catherine was born in Ireland .

Grandfather( who was known as "Grossie" to his grandchildren ) served in the U.S. Navy . Through his Navy career, he had the chance to travel and see many things of this world.A destiny that a poor child from Phildelphia would have never dreamt of.He was devoted to his wife, and his two children. And despite his frequent departures, he held a regular correspondance with his family.A few of these letters still exist.

Grandmother ( known as "NanNan to her grandchildren), kept the house running during herhusband's absences. She also endured the different moves, to such bases as Norfolk, Honolulu or Great Lakes, Il .During their retirement, our grandparents doted on their four grandchildren, born to their daughter, Virginia Rose, and son-in-law, Donald Francis Jefferds .

The 3 August, 1962, John passed away in San Diego.Mary passed away on the 30 December, 1972, in San Diego.Our grandparents rest in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego .

Neither I, nor my sister or brother , had the pleasure to know our grandfather.I was able to know our grandmother through a few of her visits to Hawaii . I was able to receive some of her love that she had for her grandchildren.

The following photo galleries are dedicated to the memory of our grandparents .